Can anyone spared a dollar??…And Open Water Scared Before I talked about my date with my wetsuit, I need to ask if anyone can spared a dollar or two. This Sunday, I am doing Becel Ride for Heart. They are closing a portion of the Highway for us to ride our bikes or with roller blades. I am doing the longest portion (75 km) with Will. To ride that distance, I have to raise 60 dollars in...
HELP!!! Wetsuit newbie : ) Last night, I didn’t got to meet with my swim coach. Community pool was out of comission. Was trying to do some stride and my knees are in pain. So no bike and run for this week. This morning, right knee cap is still aching. Rest and ice. Anyways, I am a bit nervous about thsi wetsuit swimming stuff. I never tried to put on a wetsuit before and I brought it with...
A packed weekend.. Sat Morning, riding with Toronto Triathlon Club. Did a 40 km with them. It was fun. I am quite amaze at how well my climbing skills have improved. All the pain in the past long rides are paying off. There was this hill that looked like a wall. Before the hill, there was a valley. I started gaining speed and was rocketing up the hill. From mid pack, I went to the first. Mind...
This week and daily diet. Eek. Like Trisaratops, I am about to take two unplanned day off. Yesterday, the pool was close and I didn’t packed my run gears. Today, woke up late and tonight going to see Da Vinci Code. Will try to squeeze in some swim time before the movie. List of things: – Tomorrow, ride with Toronto Triathlon Club. This should be interesting. Probably ride 3 hrs with...
Getting everything back into gear… My legs are still tired from Sat ride. Today’s long run I definitely felt it. I need to set a longer route to run. When I plan a route, I stick with it. It is rare that I run longer than I have plan. The goal for this morning is to run for 120′ (40′ easy, 40′ med, 40′ hard). Instead I did 40′ easy, 40′ med and...
Life is good. That’s all I got to say. Woke up at 6:30 this morning. Biked for 45 – 50 min. Stopped at halfway and enjoyed the weather. It was chilly. 40* F with wind. It doesn’t matter. Sun was coming out. Then got back to the car and got my running gears on. Ran for 15 min. All the way, I was grinning like an idiot. This is the joy of just getting up and train. A lot of ppl...
Keeping it short. Very tired and have lots to do…to summarize: – today did a 6 hr 20 min bike ride with Darren. Burned about 4500 calories. My legs are busted. They are hurting so bad that I thought they would start cramping (i never cram before). Rode through a lot of hills. Three tough climbs. Two of them, I stopped half way b/c my wheel tire slipped. I figure out how to clip back...
Stuff… Since this week has been my recovery week, training wise, I kept it very low. I finally had got some decent sleep. Last night I slept 12 hours. It felt great. I think i need another one before I feel 100%. I went out for a short run yesterday. I was thinking, ‘Ok for the past few weeks u think about all the negative remarks from others. Now let’s flip it the other way...
One has to know. I just have to know. Will and I have been discussing about training and how hard you can push.One of the mystery in my training is that I don’t know how fast I can go. This is my first season I really focus on pushing my endurance capacity. I have no idea how fast I can run in 5 k, 10 k, 1/2 mara or a marathon. I did a marathon last year and I ended up running/walking with...
Why is this so long? What is this? A marathon? These were the words coming from Anners, whom just completed her first marathon. And she kicked my butt. She finished it in under 5 hrs. I did it in 5 hr 18 min, which according to the race, 98% of female finished before me (now that’s a good self esteem booster). I got up early and headed over to the starting point. Woah, there were a lot more...
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